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Made some great progress on a late Friday night. Lots of welding completed.
Although im not completely satisfied with how some of the welds came out, they will hold and right now thats more important to me than looks and Instagram likes. Ill improve them in the future if/when a change is made. Its funny, for the amount of welding I did over the course of the night I see a massive improvement alone from this one night of welding.
I started out with finishing the welding on the connecting tubes from the turbo manifolds to the turbine housings. I tried to do as much as possible with these mounted in the car so as to minimize any warping from welding on the bench. I think this was part of my issue with weld quality at the beginning of the night. I felt I was comfortable but my weld quality clearly showed I was not. You don't get pictures of the shitty welds, I didn't take any. Get over it.
IMG_0308 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0313 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0321 by lawrx, on Flickr
Next I did the downpipe flanges. You can clearly tell I was putting way too much heat into it. This again was due to my torch angle which I improved over the course of the night. The fit of the flange to the tubing was poor and some gaps had to be filled, which I fell played a minor part. But majority was simply lack of skill.
IMG_0315 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0316 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0318 by lawrx, on Flickr
Lastly the pieces I worked on were the waste gate dump tube flanges. The material came in on Friday and I decided to weld up the flange to the waste gate. I already knew I would be using the as delivered bend length so it was as simple as cleaning the parts and welding them up. These were easily my best welds of the night, I was super excited about how they came out. May have taken quite a few pics out of that excitement, but oh well. Was a big positive towards my motivation on this thing.
IMG_0323 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0324 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0325 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0327 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0328 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0330 by lawrx, on Flickr
IMG_0331 by lawrx, on Flickr
And lastly some good and bad news, depending on how you look at it. The mustang chassis will be going into storage for sometime, length of which is unknown. Hoping only 4-6 months. In short my woes grandparents are passing down one of their classic cars to us, a 56 Ford Customline Victoria. Its a running and driving example, by no means in pristine condition but needs minimal work to be a reliable weekend cruiser. We are looking into when we can go get it from Atlanta (8 hour drive from me) to bring it home. The bad news is with all my tools and parts im only really able to fit one car in my garage and it still be somewhat useable. The Customline needs to be garage kept, I want it to be garage kept. SO that means the mustang is getting an eviction notice. The good news is I will be storing it at my work in the back lot. And I won't be stopping forward progress on the build. I plan to pull the motor and trans out and continue work on them as time and funds allow. There is still plenty work to be done on the powertrain so that will keep me busy for a while. NOW, the other factor in all this. Our house is currently for sale, and the new house we want to purchase does not have a garage. There is space for a garage ( a large one at that, in comparison to what I have now), but sadly it doesn't exist just yet. Even if we were to move in tomorrow it will be roughly 4-6 months before we can start construction on the new garage, therefor pushing back the time when I will be able to start work back on the chassis of the mustang. Its all contradicting emotions for me as I **** to move the chassis out with an unknown time of when ill be able to get back on it. But im also super excited with getting this new car. Its pretty much drivable upon receiving it, to take the kids to cruise ins and local shows. Once we acquire it ill be starting a thread for it as well.
untitled (1 of 8) by lawrx, on Flickr
Although im not completely satisfied with how some of the welds came out, they will hold and right now thats more important to me than looks and Instagram likes. Ill improve them in the future if/when a change is made. Its funny, for the amount of welding I did over the course of the night I see a massive improvement alone from this one night of welding.
I started out with finishing the welding on the connecting tubes from the turbo manifolds to the turbine housings. I tried to do as much as possible with these mounted in the car so as to minimize any warping from welding on the bench. I think this was part of my issue with weld quality at the beginning of the night. I felt I was comfortable but my weld quality clearly showed I was not. You don't get pictures of the shitty welds, I didn't take any. Get over it.
IMG_0308 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0313 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0321 by lawrx, on FlickrNext I did the downpipe flanges. You can clearly tell I was putting way too much heat into it. This again was due to my torch angle which I improved over the course of the night. The fit of the flange to the tubing was poor and some gaps had to be filled, which I fell played a minor part. But majority was simply lack of skill.
IMG_0315 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0316 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0318 by lawrx, on FlickrLastly the pieces I worked on were the waste gate dump tube flanges. The material came in on Friday and I decided to weld up the flange to the waste gate. I already knew I would be using the as delivered bend length so it was as simple as cleaning the parts and welding them up. These were easily my best welds of the night, I was super excited about how they came out. May have taken quite a few pics out of that excitement, but oh well. Was a big positive towards my motivation on this thing.
IMG_0323 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0324 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0325 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0327 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0328 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0330 by lawrx, on FlickrIMG_0331 by lawrx, on FlickrAnd lastly some good and bad news, depending on how you look at it. The mustang chassis will be going into storage for sometime, length of which is unknown. Hoping only 4-6 months. In short my woes grandparents are passing down one of their classic cars to us, a 56 Ford Customline Victoria. Its a running and driving example, by no means in pristine condition but needs minimal work to be a reliable weekend cruiser. We are looking into when we can go get it from Atlanta (8 hour drive from me) to bring it home. The bad news is with all my tools and parts im only really able to fit one car in my garage and it still be somewhat useable. The Customline needs to be garage kept, I want it to be garage kept. SO that means the mustang is getting an eviction notice. The good news is I will be storing it at my work in the back lot. And I won't be stopping forward progress on the build. I plan to pull the motor and trans out and continue work on them as time and funds allow. There is still plenty work to be done on the powertrain so that will keep me busy for a while. NOW, the other factor in all this. Our house is currently for sale, and the new house we want to purchase does not have a garage. There is space for a garage ( a large one at that, in comparison to what I have now), but sadly it doesn't exist just yet. Even if we were to move in tomorrow it will be roughly 4-6 months before we can start construction on the new garage, therefor pushing back the time when I will be able to start work back on the chassis of the mustang. Its all contradicting emotions for me as I **** to move the chassis out with an unknown time of when ill be able to get back on it. But im also super excited with getting this new car. Its pretty much drivable upon receiving it, to take the kids to cruise ins and local shows. Once we acquire it ill be starting a thread for it as well.
untitled (1 of 8) by lawrx, on Flickr
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